Tuesday is Down Syndrome Awareness Day. Join us in wearing unique and colorful socks and/or yellow and blue to celebrate the day. The unique socks represent the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome, which is the cause of Down Syndrome 💛💙

Topsail HS freshman James Russell was recently chosen as a winner in the "ARTolina Art Contest" and will have his art work displayed at WonderWorks in Myrtle Beach for the next year. Well done!! 🎨


If you're planning to attend the Azalea Festival be on the lookout for Luke Cherry's artwork. The Surf City Middle 8th grader won 1st place (middle school) for "On the Water" There were more than 600 entries! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻#PCSPride

Pender High School Health Science students visited Union Rescue Squad today in Willard where they simulated medical scenes and earned cpr and first aid certifications.
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It's not too early to begin planning for your child's summer - The 2023 Jr. Seahawk Academy camp promotes learning with fun, hands-on activities to help kids develop interests in STEM, health, and education careers 🧪⚙🏫 https://bit.ly/3ZWfb02 @wcejrseahawk @UNCWilmington

Thank you @capefearmiddleschool for hosting classrooms to careers career fair tonight! Students, business partners, and community members were highly engaged with over 50 represented careers!
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Classrooms to Careers at Cape Fear Middle School is off to a great start! We have over 50 careers represented here! What an awesome experiential learning event!
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Congrats to our Pender County Schools CTE NCCAT Teacher of the Year! Deanna Taylor is well deserving of this honor. She is a model teacher and model citizen!
THS Business and Marketing instructor and DECA advisor!
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NCIS Police at THS to speak with Public Safety classes. Thank you Mr. Smith for providing industry exposure for your students. Dr. Breedlove had the opportunity to participate as well.
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PCS county wide career fair for 5th - 8th grade students.
Cape Fear Middle School 03/16/23
5PM to 630PM
50+ individual careers are registered for the Fair!
They want to talk with your students and provide experiences to help them connect school to their futures.

DON'T FORGET kindergarten isn't the only application period that is currently open. If you live/work in Pender County and your child will be 3 or 4 by Aug. 31, 2023 you can apply for Pender County Schools Preschool online as well https://bit.ly/preschool-application


Congrats to PCS Elementary Instructional Coach Lisa Handline who was named an @Amplify Science of Reading Star Award Nominee. 🥳🎈The award honors educators 'who have driven lasting change with the Science of Reading". Finalists will be announced in May #PCSPride #SoRStarAward


Did you know today is Pi Day - March 14 or 3.14 which is the mathematical constant Pi. Pi, also known by the Greek letter “π,” represents the ratio of a circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is just about 3.14….15…9265359… (and so on). #PiDay

At their third competition of the season at Green Level HS, the THS Winterguard had a 3rd place finish scoring 4 points higher than their previous competition. Their 4th competition will be this weekend at Middle Creek High School 👏👏👏


Just a reminder that because of Spring Break the next Board of Education meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Congrats to these students who auditioned for the all-state band. They are among the best musicians in the state. A total of nine students represented PCS. Eight are from THS and 1 from TMS 🎶🎵🎼

BMS had a great showing at the Science Olympiad! Bottle Rocket - 3rd Place Lola Flynn and Isaac Green Perez. Rollercoaster - 8th Faithlynn Amerson and Camryn Prescott.
Wheeled vehicle - 7th Hayden Lawson and James Mclendon 🔥🔥









Here is your weekly PCS CTE Connections Newsletter! Thank you for reading our newsletter, we greatly appreciate your partnership!
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Pender County Schools will have a county wide career fair for 5th - 8th grade students. Cape Fear Middle School is hosting this tremendous event Wednesday March 16th 5PM to 630PM. Please join us for this experiential learning event.


